The Winner Is CRAFTY by Bob Hyatt

Here are a small FAQ and some additional
informations regarding this tournament.

Q: When does the tournament start?Q: When will the single rounds be started?

A:

January 31 2004

9:00am

11:00am

2:00pm

4:00pm

6:00pm

February 1 2004

9:00am

11:00am

2:00pm

4:00pm

*) (6:00pm time for possible playoffs by point equality)start times EDT (server time; New York time)Calculate Your Time!!Q: Who is going to play if there are two or more than two programs tied for first?Q: How is the color to be decided?

A: Result after round 9: two programs tied for the first place

Tiebreaks:
Two blitz games at 5 min. + 3 sec
(or 10 min per side if Fischer clocks not available)
After that: sudden death

1st Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black

2nd Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black

If draw after two games:Sudden death:

3rd Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black

4th Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black

...and so on

A: Result after round 9: three programs tied for the first place
Six games 5 3 round robin

Tiebreaks:
Six blitz games at 5 min. + 3 sec
(or 10 min per side if Fischer clocks not available)
After that sudden death

1st Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 3rd after Buchholz has black

2nd Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 3rd after Buchholz has black

3rd Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black

4thGame:
The 3rd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has wblack

5th Game:
The 3rd after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black

6th Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black

If draw after six games, 3rd after Buchholz is outSudden death:

7th Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black

8th Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black

Yes. Many author already has accounts for their programs. If you
don't have one and wish to join this tournament send me an email
and I will help you set one up.

Q: Who can play and what are the rules for entering/playing?A: It is be open to all known programs, amateur as well as commercial.

Q: Are there manually playing allowed?A: No. Only playing with an autoplayer-interface eg. winboard or other are allowed.The following informations must be shown during the game: evaluation, depth and predicted moves .Additionally, it will be nice if bookmoves or tablebasemoves will be shown.

More informations:

In case there is a tie for first place a playoff round will be
held sunday 1 of february and start 6:00PM server time.

If a program disconnects he is giving reasonable time to connect
again (a couple of minutes). If he fails to do this the game will
be forfeited for the disconnected program. If a program disconnects
more that three times during one game it might get forfeited.

It is unfortunately impossible to guarantee that every program will
get exactly four/five white and four/five black games. Therefore,
no protests about one program getting more black than white games will be
taken into consideration.

Only the author (or co-author) or someone pointed out by the author
is allowed to participate in this tournament. The author is
responsible for the person pointed out.

As for the hardware, you are free to use what ever you want.
It would be impossible to try to get all participants use the
same computer-power and to make sure that they do.

Only original programs are allowed and ABSOLUTELY NO CLONES. Most
programs are pretty well know by the Computer Chess community and
therefore if brand new, unknown program appears I will consult
other people to decide its entry in the tournament.
ICC reserves the right to decline any application for this
tourney.